Tacumbú correctional facility

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Tacumbú correctional facility

The Tacumbú correctional facility is a prison in Tacumbú, a barrio of Asunción , Paraguay .

Out of 3553 inmates in 2012, only 850 were convicted. It's crowded. About 500 inmates sleep on the floor. In 2016, six people were killed in a fire in the facility. Also in summer 2016, 120 inmates barricaded themselves in protest.

530 inmates live in a Mennonite- run and financially supported Pabellon Libertad wing.

The prominent inmates included Jürgen Hass , Adolfo Trotte and Jarvis Chimenes Pavao

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Less than 24% of the inmates of Tacumbú have been convicted . wochenblatt.cc, May 13, 2012.
  2. ↑ Prison in Paraguay: A small town behind bars . Zeit Online, April 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ Six dead in a prison fire in Paraguay . Weser-Kurier, June 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ 120 Inmates, Gangsters and Guerrillas Take Over Paraguay Prison . July 13, 2016, Telesur.
  5. ↑ Apoyan a la iglesia Libertad, de Tacumbú . In: ultimahora.com . ( ultimahora.com [accessed October 8, 2018]).
  6. ↑ ABC Color: En busca de otra oportunidad - Especiales - ABC Color . ( com.py [accessed October 8, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Trotte ya se encuentra en recluido Tacumbú . In: ultimahora.com . ( ultimahora.com [accessed October 8, 2018]).
  8. ^ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Photo gallery: The luxury cell by Jarvis Chimenes Pavao. Retrieved October 8, 2018 .

Coordinates: 25 ° 18 ′ 31 ″  S , 57 ° 38 ′ 51.7 ″  W.